Oakley Hall
1) Warlock
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Oakley Hall's legendary -- Warlock one of our best American novels. For we are a nation that can, many of us, toss with all aplomb our candy wrapper into the Grand Canyon itself, snap a color shot and drive away; and we need voices like Oakley Hall's to remind us how far that piece of paper, still fluttering brightly behind us, has to fall." —Thomas Pynchon
Author
Pub. Date
1978
Description
Leaving New York for the Bad Lands of Dakota Territory, Scottish emigre Lord Machray earns himself the respect of the frontier guides with his marksmanship and true grit, but his eastern accent and wealth brand him an outsider. When he stakes a homestead claim on land another man wants, he walks into a crossfire of greed and hate. The tale of a man forced to fight for his life in a country so dangerous and untamed its very name is legend.
Series
Criterion collection volume 494
Pub. Date
2009, p1969
Description
A talented but self-involved downhill skier claims victory at the expense of emotional and family attachments.